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et  de  haut  en  has,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
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The  Redudion    of  Montreal 

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The  entire  Conquest  of  CANADA, 

By  the  Troops  of  His  Britannic  Majesty, 
Under  the  Command  of  General  AMHERST. 


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The  Conquest  of  CANADA, 


PSALM    CXXIV. 

If  it  had  not  been  the  Lord  who  zvas  on   our 
Si(?f^  ,pow  may  Ifrael^j; 

'■"H  had  not  bun  the  Lord  wh«  was  on  our  Sidey 

when  Men  rofi  'ip  ^^-^infi  us  : 

'ilKH  tb.y  had fivalb-wed  us  tip  quicky  v;ben  their 

W^if'^^a^  kindled  a^&inji  us: 

1'bth  the  JVa^^y^  had  o^jerwhehned  usy  the  Stream 
ba/i  gone  over  cur  SouL 

'Then  the  proud  Waters  had  gone  over  our  Soul. 
Blejfedh£  the  Lokd^  who  hath  not  given  its  as  a, 
Prey  to  tl  ir  'Teeth, 

Our  Soul  is  efiaped  as  a  Bird  cut  of  the  Snare  of  the 
Fowlers:  the  Snare  is  broken,  and  we  are  efiaped. 
,      Our  Help  is  in  the  Name  of  the  Lord,  who  mada 
Heaven  and  Earth, 

MAS  there  is  not  an  Atom  in  the  Univerfe, 
r\  but  God's  abfoluce  Wifdom  direfted 
^  Him  to  make  it,  and  hLs  almighty  Power 
produced  it,  with  the  wlfeft  Views  and  Purpofes  > 

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6      A  Thankfgiving  SermpR  for 


"  and  Ufes  throughout  the  Period  of  its. Exiftence, 
*'  or  fo  long  as  he  fees  fit  to  give  it  Being :"   So 
this  great  Author  of  the  Univerfe,  who  has  given  to 
Beings  and  Things  their  Exiftence  and  Natures, 
has  alfo  appointed   to  them   their  Bounds,  their 
Sphere  of  Adion  and  refpedive  Ends.     It  is  there- 
fore altogether  reafonable,  that  Men  ftiould  afcribe 
their  Beings,  and  all  the  Powers  and  Paflions  of 
Body  and  Mind  to  him,  who  is  juftly  efteemed  the 
Former  of  our  Bodies,  and  Father  of  our  Spirits. 
And  as  God  hath  implanted  in  our  Natures  different 
Paflions,  fo  thefe  are  naturally  excited  and  called 
forth  by  the  various  Scenes,  and  very  different  Cir- 
cumflances  of  Life ;  which,  under  the  wife:  and  all- 
governing  P/ovidence  of  God,  we  are  called  to  pals 
through.     Joy    and   Sorrow,  Gladnefs   of  Heart 
and  Dcjedion  of  Spirit  naturally  and  a;lternately 
rife  and  fall,  according  to  the  different  Afpe6ts  of 
divine  Providence  on  a  People.     It  is^  therefore, 
agreeable  to  natural  Principles,  as  well  as  the  Dic- 
tates of  our  holy  Religion,  in  a  Day  of  Profperity, 
to  be  joyful,  and,  in  a  Day  of  Adverfity,  to  be  in 
Heavinefs.     And   hence,   in  all.  Nations,  and  in 
every  Age,  the  inward  Senfe  a  People  have  gene- 
rally had  of  the  peculiar  Smiles  or  Frowns  of  Heaven 
upon  them,  has  been  manifefled  by  outward  De- 
^lonftrations  of  Joy  or  SorrQW. 


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TJhe  Conqueft  of  Ca^tada.        7 

TheCondua  of  i/r^<?/upon  their  Deliverance  at  the 
Re.'i  S^a;  and  of  the  Ninevites,  under  their  threat- 
ened Ruin,  were  clear  Expreffions  of  the  particular 
Senfe  they  had  of  God*s  Dealings  with  them.    Days 
of  publick  Thankfgiving,  as  well  as  of  Humilia- 
tion, Days  of  Feafting  as  well  as  of  Falling,  have, 
noDoubt,.with  great  Propriety,  been  inftituted  and 
obferved,  both  by  Jeivs  and   Chrijtians.     For,  if 
we  look  back  on  the  Annals  of  Time,  and  critically 
eye  the  Conduct  of  divine  Providence  toward  Man- 
kind, in  the  various  Ages  of  the  World;  wc  fhall 
find,  that  God  has  never  left  himfelf  without  Wit- 
nefs  ;  but  has  been  doing  Good,  filling  the  Hearts 
of  Men  with  Joy  and  Gladnefs.     And  both  before 
and  under  the  Jewijh  Difpenfation,  as  well  as  In 
Gofpel  Times  ;  when  God  deiigned  to  perpetuate 
the  Remembrance  of  any  pccuhar  Period  of  Time, 
remarkable  Event  in  Providence,  or  extraordinary 
Salvation  wrought  for  his  People  •,  he  appointed 
Monuments  to  be  erefted  as  ftanding  Witnefles  and 
Monitors  to  Mankind  of  their  Obligation  therefor. 
Thus,  the  Stone  at  Bethel  -,  the  Monument  at  Ca- 
ked-,  the  twelve  Stones  erefted  in  Jordan  ;  as  well 
as  Pile  at  G?/^^/,  are  ftanding  Memorials  of  impor- 
tant Events.     And  no  lefs  proper  and  fufHcient  to 
fuch  a  Purpofe,  are  Days  fet  apart  amongft  a  People, 
religioufiy  to  commemorate  the  Salvations  of  God, 

and  publickly  to  praife  his  Name  therefor.     As  the 

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yrwijh  Paflbver,  and  Chriftian  Sabbath,  fo  Dap  of 
rcligious   Worfiiip,    and   publick    Thankfgiving, 
oblerved  amongft  ourfelves,  have  had  a  happy  Ten- 
dency to  keep  alive  the  Rtmembrance  of  the  great 
Things  God  has  done  for  his  People.     And  as  out 
pious  Rulers,  even  froih  the  Days  of  our  Fathers, 
have  ftatedly  called  this  obliged  People,  to  the  Du- 
ties of  publick  Thankfgiving,  for  the  more  ccm- 
mo'h  Benefits  with  which  thev  have  been  loaded  ;  fo 
upon  any  remarkable  and  interefting  Turn  in  Pro- 
vidence, whether  prolperous  or  adverfe,  they  have 
called  us  to  the  anfwerable  Duties  of  extraordin?.ry 
Praife  or  Prayer.     Andof  both  thefc  there  hai  been 
frequent  Occafion  in  this  Land,  on  Account  of  the 
different  Afpeds  of  God's  Providence  on  our  Arms, 
in  the  troublcfome   and  expenfive  Wars  we  have 
been  engaged  in  with  our  Frmch  and  Indian  Ene- 
mies.    And  even  in   the  prefent  Wai  we  have 
had  great  Occafion    to   humble   ourfelves    before 
God,  on  Account  of  his  Frowns  upon  us,  to  bow 
the  Knee  in  humble  Supplication  for  his  Help;  and, 
alfb  God  has  given  us  abundant  Reafon  for  Thankf- 
giving, by  turning  the  bright  Side  of  the  Cloud  to 
us.     Indeed,  by  Reafon  of  repeated   Difappoint- 
ments,  and  the  Succefles  of  our  Enemies  againft  us, 
we  were  funk  almofl  into  Defpair ;  which  might  be 
a  Reafon  why  the  Joy  of  Salvation,  when  it  came, 
was  fo  fcnfibly  felt.     Altho*  the  Succefles  which 


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The  Conqueft'  of  Canada.       9 

<5od  has  granted  us  heretofore,  have  oeen  a  juft 
Foundation  of  Rejoicing,  yet,  the  Thought,  that 
our  Conqurfts  were  incomplete,  that  Enemies  re* 
mained  ftill  armed  againft  us,  and  that  fomr^  of  our 
worthy  and  great  Deliverers  fell  in  their  At^hieve- 
nie^its,  adminiftred  a  very  difagreeable  Alloy  to  it. 
But  the  prefent  Occafion  of  Thankfgivirg  feems  to 
be  fxee  from  fuch  unhappy  Mixtures.    God  has  now 
made  us  glad  according  to  the  I     s  wherein  he  had 
affliaed us,  and  tlw  Years  wheieir»  we  have  feen  Evil. 
For  three  Years  God  has  ber-   mrning  our  Capti- 
vity, kindly  changing  the  Scene  of  our  Affairs,  and 
coming  toward  us  in  his  merciful  Providence.    And 
the  News  of  fome  of  our  SiKcefTes  has  fofar  fur- 
pafled  our  Expedlations,  and  fo  effedually  fcattered 
our  Fears,  that  we  have  been  (as  were  Ifrael  of  old, 
when  King  Cyrus  proclaimed  their  Liberty  from  the 
Babilonijh  Captivity,)    "  like  them  that  dreamed; 
our  Mouths  have  been  filled  with  Laughter,  and 
our  Tongues  with  Singing:"  Then  faidour  Heathen 
and  idolatrous  Enemies,  the  Lord  has  done  great 
Things  for  them.     And  the  prefent  is  the  crown- 
ing Year ;  in  which  God  has  compleated  our  Con- 
qvefts,  (at  leaft  with  Refped  to  the  Objca  we  have  had 
inView)  without  the  Efflifion  of  much  human  Blood  •, 
anfwered  our  Prayers,  fulfilled  our  Wifhes,  &  effedu- 
ally  turned  our  Mourning  into  Joy.     "  The  Lord 

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has  doP-e  great  Things  for  u.,  whereof  we  are  glad." 
■The  Lord  has  turned  our  Captivity  as  the  Streams 
in  the  South.  We,  who  have  fown  inTears,  now  reap 
in  Joy.  It  <urely  then  becomes «» Upon  this  Occafion, 
(in  Imitation  of  JV.<»i!',  Abram,  and  David)  toereft 
-  an  Altar  to  the  Lord,  and  offer  the  pureft  Sacrifices 
of  Thankfgiving  to  hinu  who  alone  has  vro't  fuch 
Deliverance  for  us.     The  Pfalm  which  I  have  read 
to  you  feems  to  be  well  adapted  £0  prompt  and  d.- 
reft  our  Meditations  this  Day.  fiate  it  was  penned 
by  D^vid  after  fome  remarkable  Viftory,  over  a    ^ 
numerous  Hoft  of  his  Enemies ;  perhaps  the  Ph- 
lifiin^s,  when  they  fpread  themfelves  in  the  Valley 
ciRj^haim.  2  Sam.  v,  19.  or  the  Mmnites,  and 
flieir  Affociates,  2  Sam.  x,  6. 

And  thefe  Words,  when  viewed  in  their  Accom- 
modation to  theprefe«  Day,  very  naturally  kadus 

diftinaiy  to  confide* 
Tbe  DHBculties  and  Dangers  we  have  been  m  by 

Reafon  of  our  Enemies. 

How  effeftually,  and  by  what  a  Series  of  nulitary 
Succeffes  thefe  Difficulties  and  Dangers  have  been 

removed.  . 

How  far,  or  in  what  Senfcs,  our  Efcape  is  to  be 

attributed  to  God, 

How  great  an  Occafion  'of  Joy  our  late  great 
iJeliverance  muft  be  to  us.— and 


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The  Onqueft  of  Canada,        ii 

t>e  offered,  and  tlirough  w^.om  alone  they  can  be 

'iceepted. 

Firft,    then,  we  are  to  confider  the  Dif5iculdes 
and  Dangers  we  have  been  in  fey  Reafon  of  our  Ene- 
mies;   foggeftedin  our  Text,  by  ^'  Men's  rifing 
up:"  By  «  Waters  overwhelming -us •/'  By  *■'  the 
proud  Waters  ;"  And  by  "  the  Snare  of  the  Fowl- 
cj^s."  ThefeExprefftons  ofthePfalmift,  no  Doubt, 
are  to  Teprefen'r  the  Enemy  as  powerful,  by  Reafon 
of  Numbers-  as  great  and  irrefifttble  -Streams  of 
Water,  and  cunning,  and  deceitful,  Hke  the  Snare 
placed  by  a  •fki'lful  Eowler.     Thus,  ^'  as  the  Fifties 
that  are  taken  in  an  evil  Net,  and  as  the  Birds  that 
are  caught  in  the  Snare  •,  fo  are  the  Sons  of  Men 
fnared  in  an  evil  Tinie."     But,  perhaps,  the  Diffi- 
culties and  Dangers  we  have  been  in  by  Reafon  of 
our    Enemies,    may    better  appear  •,    if  we  con- 
fider   particularly,  who  our  Enemies  have   been  : 
What  has  been  their  Sitiiltion :    And  from  what 
'Principles  they  have  a/T:ed. 

Now  if  we  look  back  a  little  more  than  two  Cen- 
turies, we  fliall  find  the  earlieft  Accounts  of  the'Dif- 
eovery  and  planting  of  the  Country  oi  New-France^ 
which  has  been  the  Nell  of  our  Enemies,  and 
Source  of  our  Diftrefles.  The  firft  Difcovery  of  Ca- 
nada River  that  we  know  of,  was  by  a  Coafter  in 
the  King  of  Fr^»r<?'s  Service,  who  failed  fome  Way 

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into  faid  River,  and  named  it  St.  Lawrence,  be- 
caufe  difcovered  on'  that  Saint's  Day.  t  In  M  Year 
1534  and  5.  J.Cartier,  oiSt.Malo,  proceeded  up 
faid  River,  as  far  as  Montreal,  and  named  the  Coun- 
try New-France.  A  Handfull  of  Men,  from  France, 
fettled  mCanada  in  1542.   which  were  the  firft 
Inhabitants ;  but  thefe    M   not  continue   there. 
About  the  Middle  of  the  j  6th  Century,  Secretary 
mijlngl^am  of  England,  fitted  out  Sir  Humphrey  Gil- 
bert, who  fail'd  up  St.  Lawrence's  River,  and  tooA 
Poffeffion  for  the  Crown  of  England.    Notwith- 
ftanding  which,  "in   1604,  Henry  IV.  of  France, 
planted  a  Ccdony  there.     However,  in  1627,  and 
1628,  Sir  David  Kirk  and  Afibciates  having  ob- 
tained a  Commiffion  from  the  King  of  England,  as 
private  Adventurers,   conquered  this  French  Co- 
lony, and  after  fending  the  Inhabitants  10  England, 
took  Poffeffion,  and  Paxnts  being  obtained  from 
the  ^//^/j/S  Court,  the  Unds  called  C.W.<,  North 
of  the  River  St.  Uwrence,  were  granted  to  Sir  Davii 
Kirk  ■  But  afterward,  at  the  Conclufion  of  a  Peace, 
were  unhappily  ceded  to  France,  in  the  Treaty  of  St. 
Germain,  by  K\nsCharks in  1632 ;  which  gave  the^. 
that  Poffeffion  which  has  continued  unul  now.-- 

Now 

+  The  Author  owm  himfelf  obliged  to  Dr.  D.^^i^fs  for  the 
.cLunt  he  h,s  given  of  the  original  Difcovery  a.d  Settk-m.nt 
r  Canada. 


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The  Conqueft  of  'Canada.      1 3 


if^pw  thefe  Frmh  Neighbour?  inProcefs  of  Time,: 
foincreafedin  Number,  Power  andPoUcy,  that  at 
Length,  .in  Conjun^ion  with  the  Aboriginals  of  the 
Land,  over  whom  they  have  had  great  Influence^ 
they  became  very  formidable  and  tropblefome  to  the 
Englijh  Colonies  on  the  Continent.     And  hence,  in 
169P,  Sir  miUavtPhipps  was  fent  againft  Suebec^ 
with  a  Fleet  of  34  Sail,  and  an  Army  of  Provin- 
cials {{om  New-England,  which  Expedition  pr wed 
abortive.     In  171 1  the  EngUfh  intended  to  befiege 
^lebec  with  68   Veffels,  under  the  Command  of 
sTr  Hovenden  JValker,  who  failed  from  Bopn  July  30, 
with  6463  Men,  under  the  Command  of  Mr.  Hill, 
:put  thefe  being  call  away  in  a  Fog,  8  Tranfports 
Vexe  loft,  and  884  Men,  in  the  River  •,  which  entirely 
defeated  that  Defign.     Again  in  1 74^  another  Ex- 
pedition  to  Canada  was  formed,  which,   together 
with  the  Reafons  of  its  falling  thro',  the  moft  of  us 
remember.     Thus  this  hoftile,  fagacious,  and  dc- 
figning  People  met  with  no  remarkable  Check  from 
^us  in  °heir  Growth  and  Empire,  till  they  increafed 
as  is  now  judged  to  be  about  100,000  Souls,  ^ 
,about  7  or  8000  Militia.  Thefe  are  the  People  from 
whom  w,e   have   received  our  Troubles  -,  together 
with  DWmerous  Tribes,  or  r   her  Swarms  oUndians\ 
who  have  been  fet  on  Work,  countenanced,  encouri 

A^ed,  proteded  ^nd  rewarded  by  the  Fnncb  s  who 

have 


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14     A  Thankfgiving  Sermon  for 

have,  with  RerpeA  to  us,  proved  but  little  Icfs 
bbod-thirfty  and  cruel  than  the  barbarous  Natives 
of  the  Land.  Thus  much  to  fhew  who  our  Ene- 
xnies  have  been. — Let  us  next 

Confider  what  has  been  their  Situation  •  which 
will  further  Ihew  the  Difficulties  and  Dangers  we 
have  been  in  by  Reafon  of  them.— Now  this  People 
whofe  firft  Settlement  was  in  our  Neighbourhood, 
according  to  the  Plan  of  Lewis  XIV.  of  Francey 
have  been  extending  their  Settlements,.  Trading- 
Places,  and  finally  their  FortrefTes,  from  the  Mouth 
of  the  River  St.  Lawrence,  to  their  fouthern  Pro- 
vince of  Loui/tana,  by  which  they  have  environed 
us  round,  and  had  the  Advantage  of  eafy  Accefs  to 
all  our  Colonies,  either  by  themfelves,  or  by  barba- 
rous Indians,  whom  they  employed  to  diftrefs  us  ^ 
and  who,  when  they  had  exerted  themfelves  in  the 
moft  inhuman  Barbarities,  on  our  Frontiers,  could 
foon  retreat  back  under  the  Protection  of  their  wick- 
ed EmifTaries,  the  French,  who  equally  rejoiced  at 
unjuft  Rapine,  Butchery,  and  Devaftation  upon  the 
Et^lijh :  "  for  all  the  Incurfions  and  Rapines  of  the 
Indians,  have  been  concerted,  encouraged  and  con- 
duced by  our  perfidious  Neighbours,  the  French  of 
Canada." --'But  then  the  Grounds  of  our  Troubles 
may  be  yet  plainer,  if  we 

Confider  the  Principles  from  which  our  iagacioiiSj 

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The  Conqueft  of  Canada.      15 

powerful,  and  advantageoutly-fituated  Enemies  have 
aded.     And  we  may  obferve  here  a  Principle  of 
Deceit,  which  makes  any  Foe  more  dangerous,  and 
has  rendered  the  French  fo  efpecially,  both  in  Euro^t 
and  America.     "  They  are  complete  Matters  of  the 
Art  of  Diflimulation.     By  Cuftom,  Time  out  of 
Mind,  they  are  above,  and  do  upon  all  Occa- 
'^  fions  difpenfe  with  the  Principles  of  Honour  and 
"  Honefty."  And  from  fuch  a  Principle  our  French 
Enemies  have  aftcd  in  North- America,  as  has  been 
too  evident  by  their  fending  the  Natives  to  butcher 
us  under  the  moft  folemn  Stipulations  of  Peace. 

Another  Principle  obfervable,  is  that  of  their 
Ambidon.  They  are  naturally  inclined,  as  well  as 
arbitrarily  enjoined,  to  affert  and  fupport  the  law  lefs 
Aiiibition  of  their  Prince,  and  his  Thirft  for  Ho- 
nour and  univerfal  Empire. 

Another  Thing  to  be  remarked  is  their  Bigotry 
to  the  Principles  of  the  i^i)w/>  Religion,  which  ha^ 
mightily  ftimulated  them  in  their  Oppofition  to 
thofe  of  the  Proteftant  Perfuafion,  and  has  rend- 
er'd  them  jealous,  yea,  over-anxious,  left  any  Ad- 
vantages gained  againft  them,  in  War,  fhould  make 
Way  for  imprefling  on  their  Minds  different  Senti- 
ments in  Religion. 

Another  Thing,  which  may  be  mentioned  here.  Is 
their  falfe  Notion  of  Mtrit^  whether  by  deftroying 


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3t  6     A  Thankfgiving  Sermon  for 


Proteftant  Hereticks  (fdcalledby  them)  or  by  fal- 
ling themfelves  in  the  Field  of  Battle.  When  ever- 
lading  Happinefs  has  been  fuppofed  to  be  merited 
by  thefe  Things,  we  can't  wonder  it  has  given 
Strength  to  their  Refolutions,  and  Vigour  to  their 
Endeavours.  Thus,  by  confidering,  who  olt  Ene- 
mies have  been  •,  what  their  Situation  -,  and,  from 
what  Principles  they  have  afted  ;  we  are  enabled  in 
fome  Meafure  to  judge  of  the  Dangers  and  DiftrefTes 
they  have  plunged  us  in.     Wherefore  we  may  paf* 

to  confider 

Secondly,  How  effedually,  and  by  what  a  Series 
of  military  Succefles  thefe  Troubles  and  Dangers 
have  been  removed  •,  fuggeftcd  in  our  Text,  by, 
«  The  Snare  is  broken,  and  we  are  efcaped." 

This  Account  I  would  preface  by  obferving  that 
America  has  been  the  Seat  of  the  prefent  War  with 
the  French.  The  Englijh  Setdements  have  long 
been  the  Envy  oi  France  and  Canada.  And  a  fata! 
and  finifhing  Blow  upon  us,  has  long  been  medi- 
tated by  them.  Their  Plan  was  laid  deep  •,  the  Vitws 
and  propofed  Meafures  were  extenfive  and  fubtil. 
But  at  laft  their  Defigns  grew  too  bare-faced  to  be 
concealed ;  and  Encroachments  too  great  to  be 
fuffered,  which  forced  us  into  a  bloody  and  diftreff- 
ing  War,  proclaimed  in  England,  May  i8,  1756. 

i_  27 .  *y,y«,^  o      And-  in  Bodon.  the  4-th  Day  of 

Auguft 


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The  Conqueft  of  Canada^       17 

'Au^fi  following.    Ever  fince  which,  and  even  fi  on:^ 
before  faid  Proclamation  of  War,  Hoftilities  have 
been  continued.     And  under  the  fatherly  Care  of 
our  gracious   Sovereign,  and  by  the  friendly  Af- 
fiftance  of  our  mother  Country,  together  with  the 
vigorous  Efforts  of  thefe  Colonies,  (fo  much,  and 
fo  immediately  interefted)  we  have  maintained  a 
warm  and  refolute  Difpute  with  our  Enemies.   And 
as  we  fet  out  in  a  dart  Day  ;  fo,  (notwithftanding 
i«he  grateful  Remembrance  we  have  of  the  Succefs 
oi  om  Nova-Scotian  Troops  in  1755,  and  the  Vic- 
tory obtained  at  Lake  George  Sept.  8,  1755-)     ^ 
may  fay  that  Clouds  and  thick  Darknefs  covered  us 
till  the  Year  before  laft.     The  Difficulties  of  our 
.  Situation  grew  more  formidable,  as  the  Profpeds  of 
our  Enemies  grew  more  encouraging.     None  caa 
forget  the  grand  DifcouragementSi  and  infurmount- 
able  Difficulties,  which  feemed  to  attend  our  mili- 
tary Affairs,  at  the  Clofe  of  the  Year  1757,  in  which 
Fort  JVilliam  Henry  was  furrendered  to  the  French. 
Thoufands  felt  what  they  dare  not  fpeak,  and  expref- 
fed  what   nothing  but  Fear  and  Difcouragement 
could  fuggeft.     That  was  a  Day  of  Trouble,  when 
the  very   prefent  Help    of  the  Lord  was  needed, 
and  was  by  many    earneftly  fought.     Never  did 
Bondage  and  Tyrarmy  appear   nearer  to  Englijh 
^w^nV^,  perhaps,  than  at  that  Day.— But,  bchoidl 


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we  may  join  with  the  Prophet,   and  %,     "  We 
will  praife  thee,  for  though  thou  waft  angry  with 
•"«s,  thine  Anger  is  turned  away,    and  thou  com- 
forteft  us."    God  has  been  our  very  prefent  Help 
in  Trouble.     For,  altho'  we  have  in  Remembrance 
General  Braddock*s  Defeat,  near  Fort  Bu  ^iefne,  July 
9>  ^755'     TheLofs  of  Ofwego  and  Ontario  Forts, 
Aug.  14,  ^ys^'    The  Surrender  of  Fort  William  1 
JF/(?wry  to  the  Enemy,  Aug.  9,  1757.     And  the  Re- 
pulle   of  General  Abercrombie,  from   before  Foh: 
Carrilon,  at  Ticonderogay  July  8,  1758. — Yet  that 
Year  58  opened  to  us  new  Scenes,  end  fairer  Pro- 
fpe£ls  :  In  this  feems  to  have  commenced  that  happy 
Train   of  Succefles,   by  which  our   Dangers  and 
Troubles  have  been  removed.    To  this  Year's  Suc- 
cefles we  are  to  reckon  the  Redu(5bion  oi  Cape-Breton^ 
July  26.     Of  Front enac,   Auguft  27,  of  Fort  Dti 
§uefne,  jVov.  24.— Now  the  Clouds  began  to  break, 
for  the  Help  of  the  Lord  was  confpicuous.     Thefe 
feemed  to  be  Earnefts  of  that  Succefs  fo  much  de- 
fired  againtt  their  principal  Country.     And  in  the 
celebrated  Year  1759  were  thele  important  Events, 
viz.    the  Surrender  of  Guadaloupe,  May  2.     The 
Taking  of  iV/^^^zr^,   July  25.     The  Evacuationof 
Fort  CarrMon  at  I'iconderoga,  July  26,  and  of  Crown- 
Pointy  Aug.  I.     The  Battle  on  the  Plains  of  Abra- 
ham^ in  whicji  the  valiant  General  JVolfe  was  flain, 

Sept. 


The  Coiiqucft  of  Canada,      19 


Upt.  13.  TheReduftionof  %^^^f,  ^ept,  iB.  Thefe 
are  fome  of  tlie  great  Things  God  did  for  us,  in  the 
Year  1759.- — And  to  this  prefent  Year  1760,  we 
are  to  fet  the  glorious  Adtion  of  General  Murray^ 
onthtHeighls  of  Abraham ^  April  i%,  from  which, 
however,  he  was  oWiged  to  retreat  to  the  City  with 
great  Lofs.     The  Raifing  the  French  Siege  at  .^/f- 
hec^  upon  the  Appearance  of  the  Britijh  Fleet,  in 
the  River,  M^  16.  And  the  Succeffes  of  the  re- 
fpe«5live  Corp?,  under  the  Command  of  Generals 
Jmherjf,  Murray  and  Haviland,  in  their  Way  from 
their  refpedive  Quarters,  to  the  Centre  they  finally 
aimed  at  -,  until  at  laft,  being  near  a  Union,  they 
appeared  fo  formidable  and  irrefiftible,  that  on  the 
eighth  Day  of  September,  Montreal  their  laft  Refort, 
■  with  the  whole  Country  of  Canada,  was  furrendered 
to  the  Crowii  of  J£«^/^»^.-— This  now  is  the  Objeft 
we  have  been  aiming  at,  this  crowns  our  Wifhes,  and 
completes  our  Joy.     "  The  Lord  has  done  great 
Things  for  us,  whereof  we  are  glad."     Thus  we 
fee  how  efFedually,  and  by  what  a  Series  of  military 
Succeffes,  our  Difficulties  and  Dangers  have  been 
removed  i  the  Snare  has  hereby  been  broken,  and 
we  are  efcaped. 

But,  furely,  we  are  indebted  for  fo  great  a  Mercy 
to  Him,  whofe  Dominion  is  an  everlafting  Domi- 
-,: ,    .,,u«r»  v;«r.rri/^tT»  ic  frf\m  npnpMfion  to  Gene- 

raUQn ; 


1:1 


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3K>     "A  Tharikfgiving  Sermon  for 


ration :  In  Comparifon  of  whom,  all  the  Inhabitants 
of  the  Earth  are  reputed  as  Nothing :  "  Who 
doth  according  to  his  Will  in  the  Army  of  Heaven, 
and  among  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Ez^rth." — Let  us 
then  confider 

^.bird^y.  How  far,  or  in  what  Senfes  our  pre- 
fcnt  Efcape  is  to  be  attributed  to  God.  "  If  it  had 
not  been  the  Lord,  who  was  on  our  Side,  now  may 
Jfr^el  fay  •,  if  it  had  not  been  the  Lord  who  was  on 
our  Side,  when  Men  rofe  up  againft  us,  then  they 
had  fwallowed  us  up  quick."— But,  how  effedtually 
has  God  fcattered  the  dark  Clouds  that  have  been 
hanging  over  us  !— How  has  he  turned  our  Capti- 
vity! "  The  Lord  has  made  known  his  Salvation, 

his  Righteoufnefs  hath  he  openly  Ihewed  in  the 
Sight  of  the  Heathen.  He  hath  remembeVed  his 
Mercy,  and  his  Truth  toward  the  Houfe  of  Ijrael. — 
The  Lord  hath  done  great  Things  for  us — We  will 
praife  thee,  for  tho'  thou  waft  angry  with  us,  thine 
Anger  is  turned  away."— God  is  the  powerful  and 
glorious  Agent  io  alkhefe  Things.  God  has  aU 
Nations  and  Parties  in  his  Hand.  "  If  we  fpeak 
of  Strength,  he  is  ftrong.— His  Underftanding  is 
infinite."  To  ufe  the  Language  of  Eliphaz^ 
«  God  doth  great  Things,  and  unfearchable  mar- 
vellous Things  without  Number.     He  fetteth  up  on 

i\Vi  tiiat  thofe  which  moura 


Jngh  thofe  that  be 


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The  Conqueft  of  Canada. 


21 


may  be  exalted  to  Safety.     He  difappointeth  the 
Devices  of  the  Crafty^  fo  that  their  Hands  cannot 
perform  their  Enterprize.     He  taketh  the  Wife  in 
their  own  Craftinefs,  and  the  Counfel  of  the  Fro- 
ward  is  carried  headlong.      He  faveth  the  Poor 
from  the  Sword,  and  from  the  Hand  of  the  Mighty. 
The  Kingdom  is  the  Lord's,  and  he  is  the  Governor 
among  the  Nations.     All  Nations  before  Him  are 
as  Nothing,  and  they  are  counted  to  him  lefs  than  • 
Nothing  and  Vanity."— God  appoints  and  over- 
rules in  the  Changes  of  States  and  Kingdoms,  And 
we  may,  upon  our  late  happy  Deliverance,  ad^pt 
Xhe  Thankfgiving  of  DanieL—    "  BlefTed  be  the 
Name  of  God  for  ever  and  ever  :  For  Wifdom  and 
Might  are  his,  and  he  changeth  the  Times  and  the 
Seafons,  heremoveth  Kings,  and  fetteth  up  Kings  : 
He  giveth  Wifdom  to  the  Wife,  and  Knowledge  to 
fliem  that  know  Underftanding."— But  altho'  God  < 
is  to  be  acknowledged  and  praifed  as  the  fuprcme- 
Agent,  yet  he  generally  makes  ufe  of  and  honours 
Inftrumcnts     in   .'accompliibing     great     Defigns. 
"  The  fovereign  God  in  the  Times  of  his  People's 
«  Danger,  from  their  Enemies,  is  to  be  eyed  as  hav- 
«  ing  all  the  Parts  and  Powers  of  Nature  in  his 
«  Hands,  both  angelic  and   elementary ;  as  well 
'■'  as  human,  and  ufing  each  according  to  his  fove- 
rci^-n  Pleafure=     And  this  is  cv^ently  on^  Way 

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22    A  Thankfgi^ang  Sermon  for 


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"  of  working  out  Salvation  for  his  People,  viz.  by 
*'  exciting,  guiding,  an'l  flrengthening  them  m 
*'  the  Choice,  and  Ufc  of  proper  Means  for  their 
*'  JDeliverance ;  and  crowning  their  Endeavours 
•'  with  Succefs."  And  in  this  Cafe  it  is  the  Duty 
of  a  People,  as  one  obferves,  to  exert  themfelves  in 
turning  and  praying  to  him,  contriving,  fortifying, 
fighting  and  trufting  in  him  altogether :  And  when 
delivered,  t--  afrribe  to  him  the  Glory  for  ftrengthen- 
ing,  guiding  and  fucceeding  them. — And  in  thele 
Ways  it  is  plain  God  has  been  helping  us.  God 
.has  raifed  up,  qualified,  dilpofed  and  fucceeded  In- 
ftrumeni:  for  our  Deliverance.  While,  therefore, 
we  are  celebrating  the  Praifes  of  the  Lord  on  this 
Occafion,  we  are  not  to  forget  the  Kindnefs  of 
Heaven,  in  continuing  the  Life,  and  prolpering  thf^ 
Reign  of  King  George  IL  a  Friend  tv>  the  Pro- 
teftant  Caufe  ;  a  Friend  to  his  Subjeds  in  general, 
and  a  Friend  and  Father  to  Am.dca  in  particular. 
Among  the  Favours  of  thii  Sort,  we  may,  with  great 
Satisfaction  mention  the  very  worthy  and  honourable 
Secretary  Pitt,  who  has  manifefted  the  greatefl 
Steadinefs,  Refolution,  Probity  and  Friendlhip 
with  Refped  r.o  this  Land :  Who  has  had  more  ef- 
pecially  the  direding  and  planning  our  military 
Operations,  as  alfo  the  appointing  and  commifiion* 
iner  Men.  to  carrv  them  into  Execution  ;  and  under 

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The  Conqueft  of  Canada.      23 


whofe  wife  Adminiftratlons  and  Appointments,  fa 
great  and  fo  glorious  Things,  have  been  done  foi* 
us. — And  among  the  Inftruments  of  our  Deliver- 
ance we  may  mention  with  diftinguifhing  Honour, 
an  Amhcrfi^  a  Bofc^wen^  a  JVolfe^  sl  Forbes^  a  Saund- 
ers, a  Monckton^  a  'Town/end,  a  Murray,  a  Prideaux^ 
a  Barrington,  an  Haviland,  with  ma  ly  oi-her  brave 
Men  from  Europe  &  of  America,  who  have  jeopard- 
ed their  Lives  in  the  high  Places  of  the  Field,  and 
fhewn  their  Valour  in  the  Face  of  the  greateit  Dan- 
gers, to  refcue  this  PcL^le  from  impending  Ruin. — 
Thefe  are  the  Inftruments  in  the  Hand  of  God 
v/hereby  the  Snare  has  been  broken  that  we  now  are 
efcaped  from.     "  This  is  the  Lord's  Doing,   it  iA 
marvellous  in  our  Eyes."     The  Lord  has  raifed  up» 
fent  forth  and  profpered  theie  great  Warriors,  and 
the  brave  Troops  under  their  Command,  he  ha^ 
ordered  all  Circumftances  well,  and  crowned  their 
Enterprifes  with  Succefs.    Whereas  God  could  eafily 
have  blalted  our  Undertakings,  by  dividing  our 
Counfels,  or  confounding  onr  Schemes  :  He  could 
cafily,  by  Sickftefs  or  Scarcity,  have  rendered  it  im- 
pofllble  for  our  Armies  to  have  gone  forward  •,  or  by 
Storms   and  Tempefts  fcattered   and  difaoled  our 
Fleets,  and  caufed  even  the  Stars  in  their  Courles 
to  have  luught  againft  us,  as  they  d^d  againft  Si- 
fera :  For  he  hath  the  elementary  as  well  as  rational 

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World  at  his  Command-,  which  is  exemplified  in 
the  Shipwreck  of  the  Apollle  Paul ;  and  painted  to 
tlie  Life  by  .^neas,  when,  under  the  Difpleafnre  of 
yEolus  loud  Thunder  rocked  the  Poles  of  Heaven, 
and  glaring  Lightning  ftreak'd  the  Skies,  and  rol- 
ihg  Billows  threatened  inftant  Death-. 

But  the  Lord  has  been  on  our  Side,  he  has  march- 
ed at  the  Head  of  our  Troops,  and  through  God 
they  have  done  valiantly.     And  notwithftanding  the 
Worth  of  the  Inftrumcnts  that  have  been  employed, 
yet  we  muft  fay  as  in  Pfdm  xliv,  g.  with  a  little  Va- 
riation.    We  got  not  the  Land  in  PoflefTion  by  our 
own  Sword,  neither  did  our  own  Arm  fave  us ;  but 
thy  right  Hand,  and  thine  Arm,  and  the  Light  of 
thy  Countenance,  becaufe  thou  hadil  a  Favour  un- 
to us.     Thus  we  fee  how  far  or  in  what  Senfes  our 
prefent  Efcape  is  to  be  attributed  to  God. 
Wherefore,  we  pafs  to  confider 
Fourthly^    How  great   an  Occafion  of  Joy  and 
Thankfgiving  our  late  Victories  over  our  Enemies 
muft  be  to  us.     "  If  it  had  not  been  the  Lord  who 
was  on  our  Side,  when  Men  rofe  up  againil:  us,  ^hen 
they  hadfvvailo'^cdusup."    Now  the  great  Reafon 
we  have  for  Joy,  may  btft  appear,  by  coniidering 
what  had  been  cur  Cafe  to  an  Eye  of  Reafon  in  a 
very  little  Time,  li^id  our  military  AtTairs  taken  a 
contrary  Turn.— Wo   have  been  in  ^  '■''^^''" 


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The  Conqueft  of  Canada.       25 

Danger.     And,  "  Had  not  the  Lord  been  for  u?^ 
by  this  Time  we  might  been  fubjeded  to  the 
word  of  Bondage,  OpprefTion  and  Ruin  •,  by  the 
*'  pohtick,  ambitious,  and  cruel  Enemy  we  have 
•'  b^n  at  War  with;   and   who,  for  fomeTime 
"  held  the  Terms  of  Peace  -,  who  were  elated  with 
"  continued  SuccefTes,  and  aduated  by  Principle3 
"  which  admit  ofnoReftraints  but  that  of  fuperior 
'*  Force;  no,  not  in  the  greateft  Cruelties  and  Bar- 
barities •,  and  mod  horrid  Injuftice,  Falfehood, 
and  Perjury."     If  God  had  fuffercd  them  to  go 
on  according  to  their  Beginning,  and  our  fad  Pro- 
foeds  three  Years  ago-,  inftead  of  calling  Canada 
our  own^  ^^e  had  been  driven  into  the  Sea,  accord- 
ina:  to  their  Plan.     We  had,  by  this  Time,  been  llib- 
jeded  to  French  Power  and  Governm.ent,  which  is 
arbitrary  and  cruel :    Thefe  had  become  the  Pro- 
vinces q{ France  -,  then  we  had  been  ilripp'd  pf  every 
Thing  dear  lo  us,  and  had  been  obliged  to  fubmi-t 
fo  Servitude  ancl  Chaiiu.     If  popifh  Power  had 
prevailed,  we  mull  have  bid  adieu  to  our  Rights  and 
Privileges,  Liberties  and  Properties,  our  dear  Coun- 
try, and  what  i^  more,  our  holy  Religion,  we  had 
teen  made  Slaves  in  our  native,  or  in  fome  difhint 
Land.     What  could  have  been  too  much  for  the 
unbridled  Rage  of  thofe,  who  have  difcovered  (o 
much  Cruelty  ia  tiieir  Temper  already  •,  of  thofe 

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who  can  fport  themfelves  with  the  Mlieries  of  Men, 
and  make  the  inhiir^an  Butchery  of  innocent  Babes, 
the  awful  Spectacle  of  their  fond  Parents  •,  and  the 
Diftreireo  of  Parents,  the  affeding  Entertainment 
oftheir  loving  Children?        ■  *' 

Thefe   are    the  People  under  whofe  Power  we 
might  have  been  brought,  the  Thought  of  which 
is  Ihocking:  Inflruments  of  Cruelty  are  in  their  Ha- 
bitations ;     O  my   Soul  come  not  thou  into  their 
Secret,  unto  their  Affembly  mine  Honour,  be  not 
thou  united.     Now  is  not  the  Idea  of  thcfe  Things 
fo  horrid,  that  even  the  Hope  of  Deliverance  is  a 
Happinefs  ?  How  much  rather  than  to  be  adually 
freed  from  them,  and  even  the  Danger  of  them  ? 
and,  how  much  more  flill,  when  we  find  we  are  in- 
troduced into  a  free,  fafe,  and  more  extenfive  En- 
joyment of  our  Privileges,  both  religious  and  civil  ? 
And  when  a  Way  is  made  for  the  Growth  of  our 
North- American  Colonies,  and  a  Door  fo  evidently 
opened  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gofpel,  andplantl 
ing  of  Churches  in  that  Part  of  our  Land,  which 
hitherto  has  been  filled  with  Habitations  of  Cruelty  ? 
Surely,  all  the  Friends  of  Zion  wUl  rejoice  in  the  Pro- 
fpeft  of  fo  glorious  a  Spread  of  the  Redeemer's  King- 
dom.    We  have,  verily,  Reafon  to  join  with  Mofes 
and  Ifraek  and  fing,  the  Lord  is  our  Strength  and 
c^^rv    onH  he  k  herome  our  Salvadon,  he  is  our 

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God,  ai^  we  will  prepare  him  an  Habitation,  our 
Fathers  God  and  we  will  exalt  him.  The  Lord  has 
been  working  Wonders  for  us,  and  has  opened  the 
Way  for  great  Things  to  be  done  for  Mens  fpirr- 
tual  Interefts,  as  well  as  worldly.  Shall  not  the  Wil* 
dernefs  now  become  a  Fruitful  Field  ? 

Is  not  the  Lord  about  to  open  Rivers  in  high 
Places,  and  Fountains  in  the  Midll  of  the  Valleys, 
to  make  the  Wikiernefs  a  Pool  of  Water,  and  the 
dry  Land  Springs  of  Water  ?  Our  Cafe  feems  to  be 
fomething  like  that  of  Judch,  when  deliver'd  from 
their  Enemies,  efpecially  the  AJfyrians,  to  which  the 
Prophet  refers,  when  he  fays,  the  Wildernefs  and 
the  folitary  Place  fhall  be  glad  for  them,  and  the 
Defart  fiiall  rejoice,  and  blolfom  as  the  Rofe.— It 
(hall  bloffom   abundantly,   and  rejoice  even    with 
Singing.   And  doubtlefs  the  Prophet  Ifaiah  refers  to 
Gofpcl  Times,  when  he  fays,     "  Sing,  O  Barren, 
thou  that  didft  not  bear,  break  forth  into  Singing, 
and  cry  aloud  thou  that  didfl  not  travail  v/ith  Child  -, 
for  more  are  the  Children  of  the  Defolate,  than  the 
Children  oi  the  married  Wife,  faith  the  Lord." 

And  the  Pfalmift  is  underftood  to  refer  to  th* 
Gofpel  Church,  when  he  praifes  the  Lord,  ^s  in  the 
1 1 3  Pfalm,  for  the  glorious  Profpeft  of  the  Churches 
Growth  among  the  Gentiles^  under  fuch  natural  and 


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Na-tlons,  and  his  Glory  above  the  Heavens,  htf 
maketh  the  barren  Woman  to  keep  Houfe,  and  to 
be  a  joy  fill  Mother  of  Children."  Can't  we  now 
by  thele  Things  fee  that  our  prcfent  Dehverance  is 
great  Ojccaiion  of  Joy  and  I'hankigiving  ?  Don't  we 
learn  the  Propriety  of  the  joyful  AflembUes  of  this 
pay  ?  What  Nation  is  there  fo  great,  who  hath  God 
fo  nigh  unto  them,  as  the  Lord  our  God  is  in  all 
Things  that  we  cfiU  upori  him  for  ?  "  Wc  have 
fown  in  Tears,  but  now  reap  in  Joy.  We  have 
gone  fortii  weeping,  but  we  are  now  returning, 
■bringing  our  Sheaves  with  us." 
,^  Jt  only  remains  now  that  we  conllder 
Fifthly^  To  whom  our  Sacrifices  of  Thankfgiving 

,  iliould  be  offerc  i,  and  through  v/hom  alone  they 
,can  be  accepted. 

And  now  we  cafily  learn  from  our  Text  that  God 
muft  be  the  fupremc  Object  of  our  Praife  ;  for  it  is 
granted  that  he  who  grants  Salvation,  fhould  have 
the  Praife  of  it; :  Aud  faith  our  Text,  ""  Had  not 
the  L,ord  been  on  our  Side,"  ^c,  and  again  i  "  Our 
lielp  is  in  the  Name  of  the  Lord,  who  made  Heaven 
and  Earth."  Thole  Men  who  have  been  the  In- 
ilrunic/iLs  in  tjie  Hand  of  Providence,  to  bring 
.about  thefe  groat  and  intercfl'  Events,  havejullly 
raifed    their    Charai^lers,    and   immortalifed    their 

*  N.am^s ,  but  we  may  not  be  fo  lavilli  in  our  Praifes 

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The  Conqueft  of  Canada.     29 


of  them,  as  to  forget  God  that  gave  them.  Let  us 
confidcr  God  as  the  fupreme  Objed  to  whom  Praife 
be'^ngs.  And,  let  us  give  him  the  Glory  due  un- 
t  ■  hL  Name.— Let  us  offer  the  Sacrilices  of  Righte^ 
oufnefs,  and  flill  truft  in  the  Name  of  the  Lord. 

But  then  let  us  confider  through  whom  alone  our 
Sacrifices  can  be  accepted,  and  truly  only  through 
him,  by  whom  the  BlefTings  have  been  received. 
Wherefore  is  it  that  God  has  been  thus  kind  unto  us  ? 
Shall  we  fland  amazed  at  this,  and  not  think  of 
Cbnji  who  is  the  only  Foundation,  and  fare  Ground 
offolid  Joy  .^  Who  has  wrought  out  a  fir  greater 
Salvation  for  us,  than  this  we  are  celebrating  this 
Day  ?  Who,  as  the  Captain  of  our  Salvation,  has 
fpoiled  Principalities  and  Powers,  and  made  a  Shev/ 
of  chcm  openly,  triumphing  over  them  in  it.    I  fay, 
fliall  WL  forget  this  kind  Redeemer  through  whom 
our  late  Deliverance  has  been  derived  ?  Surely,  in 
Gur  Devotion  we  fhould  realize  that  as  he  is  the  only 
Medium  of  our  Accefs  to  God ;  fo  through  him 
elone  our  Sacrifice  of  Thankfgivingcan  be  accepted 
of  God.     But  in  Cbrift  God  is  well  pleafed ;  in  him 
then  we  have  Hopes  of  Audience. 

It's  true,  the  War  has  cott  us  the  Lives  of  many- 
brave  Men  of  Importance  in  the  Commonwealth^ 
v/hich  in  a  fingle  View  is  Matter  of  Grief,  though 
our  LoPfes,  confidering  our  Atchievements  have  dill 

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been  inconfiderable. — And  fome  of  this  Place  have 
ftill  in  Remembrance  the  Wormwood  &  Gall  which 
have  been  mixed  with  your  Part  of  our  general 
Joy.- --May  fuch  of  you  be  fupported  under,  and 
duly  refent  the  Hand  of  God  upon  you. — But  don't 
let  that  be  the  Means  of  Unthankfulnefs.  Your 
Friends  have  died  in  a  glorious  Caufe,  and  your 
other  Children  live  to  inherit  the  happy  Fruits  of 
their  Services.— May  your  Day  of  Mourning  be 
turned  into  Joy  :  And  gladly  join  with  us  in  the 
religious  Acknowledgments  of  this  Day.— Remem- 
ber there  is  a  Time  to  be  born,  and  a  Time  to  die, 
a  Time  to  weep,  and  a  Time  to  laugh,  a  Time  to 
mourn,  and  a  Time  to  Dance. — In  a  Day  of  Prof- 

perity  we   are  to  be  joyful Praife  the   Lord, 

then,  O  Jerufalem^  praife  thy  God,  O  Zion,  Sing 
unto  the  Lord,  for  he  hath  done  excellent  Things, 
— He  hath  triumphed  glorioufly.  Let  the  Saints 
be  joyful  in  Glory  •,  let  them  fmg  aloud  upon  their 
Beds.  Let  the  high  Praifes  of  God  be  in  their 
Mouth,  and  a  two-edged  Sword  in  their  Handj 
to  execute  Vengeance  upon  the  Heathen^  and  Punifh- 
rients  upon  the  People  •,  to  bind  their  Kings  with 
Chains,  and  their  Nobles  with  Fetters  of  Iron  i  to 
execute  upon  them  the  Judgment  written.— Let  all 
the  Earth  praife  the  Lord.— O  Lord,  we  will  praife 
thee,  for  tho*  thou  waft  angry  with  us,  thine  Anger 
is  turned  away,  and  thou  comfortell  us.    4me}u 


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